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The improvement of structural stiffness is crucial because the trend of building construction is toward taller, wider floor, and longer span structures. So, in order to reduce deflections and improve resistance of such structures against lateral loads such as ...

Steel frame is typically consisting of vertical column and horizontal beams which are riveted, bolted or welded together in a rectilinear grid. Steel beams are horizontal structural members that resist loads applied laterally to their axis. Columns are vertical ...

Preventing deflection of tall structure: Let us consider an example of a simple two dimensional structure. Two columns, six floors and pin joints connecting them. When we apply a wind load, we can see that the loading is shared ...

There are two modes of deflection of tall buildings which are discussed below. The taller a building is, the greater the problem is of lateral and torsional stiffness. The deflection of a cantilever is a function of the loading, ...

Cantilever Analogy for Tall Buildings: In many ways a tall building can be analogous to a cantilever. As we know, a cantilever undergoes bending and shear forces when subjected to a load. A similar effect occurs in tall buildings. ...

Problems in Designing A tall Building Tall buildings are extremely good ways of maximizing the space available. When the purchase of land is expensive, i.e. in major cities like London, New York or Mumbai, tall buildings provide a solution ...